Your wedding was amazing—but this is the part you’ve really been waiting for. Time alone with the one you love. Whether your idea of an ultrarelaxing, super-romantic getaway involves sipping a cock-tail on a private island in Indonesia, hiking the rugged New Zealand coast, or eating pasta alle vongole in a beachside restaurant on Italy’s Amalfi coast, we’ve got some winners for you.

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Chablé Resort and Spa, Yucatán, Mexico This stylish retreat out-side the colonial town of Mérida understands balance: It has a mystical-meets-modern spa (treatments have a Mayan flair) with a cenote for soaking,

and it’s home to the world’s largest tequila collection.

Bahia Vik José Ignacio, Uruguay

Country House Villadorata, Noto, Sicily

Halcyon House, Cabarita Beach, Australia

Latitude 10, Santa Teresa, Costa Rica

Playa Grande Beach Club, Dominican Republic

Rancho Pescadero, Todos Santos, Mexico

Rockhouse, Jamaica

Sanará, Tulum, Mexico

Turtle Inn, Placencia, Belize

Uxua Casa Hotel & Spa, Trancoso, Brazil

YOU WANT TO LOUNGE BY THE POOL OR ON THE BEACH, MAYBE GET A MASSAGE AND DO A LITTLE YOGA, BUT BIG RESORTS AND BUILT-UP TOWNS AREN’T REALLY YOUR JAM

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JUST BECAUSE YOU TOTALLY BLEW THE BUDGET ON THE WED-DING DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN’T GO SOME-WHERE FABULOUS

Bachaumont, Paris The buzzy lobby restaurant at this 2nd arrondissement boutique hotel is where twenty- and thirtysome-thing locals in flowy dresses and jackets are ushering in a new era of dressing for dinner. The 49 rooms above are similarly sophisticated, sans the crazy price tag.

Auberge de la Petite Anse, St. Barts

Casa del Coliseo, Cartagena, Colombia

The Fifteen Keys Hotel, Rome

Ke Iki Beach Bunga-lows, Oahu, Hawaii

Playa Negra, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Small Hope Bay Lodge, Andros, Bahamas

Yemaya Resort and Spa, Little Corn Island, Nicaragua

Awasi Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina

Belmond Andean Explorer sleeper train, Peru

Casa Grande at Vermejo Park Ranch, Raton, New Mexico

Cempedak Private Island, Indonesia

The Point, Saranac Lake, New York

Primland, Meadows of Dan, Virginia

Shakti Ladakh, the Himalayas

Split Apple Lodge, Kaiteriteri, New Zealand

Treebones Resort, Big Sur, California

The Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino, British Columbia

Wild Coast Tented Lodge, Yala, Sri Lanka

Windstar Cruises (Yokohama, Japan, to Seward, Alaska)

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BECAUSE BEING IN NATURE IS YOUR FIRST SECOND LOVE

WHEN YOU WANT TO REMAIN MOSTLY HORIZONTAL BUT DON’T WANT TO EAT HOTEL FOOD EVERY NIGHT, THESE SPOTS ARE A SHORT HOP TO GREAT RESTAURANTS AND CHIC SHOPS

Le Sirenuse, Positano, Italy If you can pull yourself away from the views of the terraced rooftops, domed churches, and cobalt-blue Med, take a five-minute boat ride to Da Adolfo for an alfresco dinner, then a stop at Pepé Positano, in the center of town, for made-to-order leather sandals.

Borgo Egnazia, Savelletri di Fasano, Italy

Coqui Coqui Mérida, Mexico

Hotel Escondido, Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Hôtel Les Roches Rouges, Saint-Raphaël, France

Hotel Le Toiny, St. Barts

Kyrimai Hotel, Mani, Greece

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WHEN YOU WANT TO GO UNAPOLOGETI-CALLY BIG, THESE PROPERTIES ARE WORTH IT

Singita Sabora Tented Camp, Gru-meti Game Reserve, Tanzania Here you’ll find the absolute best version of Out of Africa decor in the middle of the Serengeti. Go in July and you’ll see millions of wildebeests ( joined by zebras and gazelles) migrating north to Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve.

Amanemu, Ise-Shima National Park, Japan

And Beyond, Matetsi River Lodge, Zimbabwe

Cuixmala, Jalisco, Mexico

WHERE TO COMPLETELY PEACE OUT ON EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE (EXCEPT THAT PERSON YOU JUST VOWED TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH)

Amangiri, Canyon Point, Utah No, it’s not easy to get to (more than four hours from the closest major airport, in Vegas), but that—and the pool built around a 165- million-year-old rock formation—is what makes this super-luxe hideaway so special.

Alila Fort Bishan-garh, Rajasthan, India

Dar Ahlam, Morocco

Dunton Hot Springs, Dolores, Colorado

Explora Rapa Nui, Easter Island, Chile

Fogo Island Inn, Newfoundland

Nayara Springs, Costa Rica

Tierra Atacama Hotel & Spa, Chile

Treehotel, Harads, Sweden

Gladden Private Island, Belize

GoldenEye, Jamaica

Grand Hotel a Villa Feltrinelli, Lake Garda, Italy

Hotel Esencia, Xpu-Ha, Mexico

Miavana, Madagascar

One & Only Le Saint Géran, Mauritius

Perivolas Hideaway, Therasia, Greece

Silversea Silver Cloud Expedition to Antarctica

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THE BEST PLACES FOR NO-GUILT, DO-NOTHING (OR EVERYTHING), DAMN-THAT-WEDDING- WAS-EXHAUSTING HONEYMOONS

Australia We can’t decide what we love most about this antipodean Eden—its effortlessly cool cities, Mars-like Outback landscapes, epic beaches, or that every day starts with a flat white and avo toast. Go for two weeks; any longer and you’re never coming home.

Anguilla

Antigua

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Cayman Islands

Costa Rica

Fiji

Greece

Hawaii

Italy

Maldives

Mexico

Philippines

Seychelles

St. Barts

Tahiti

Thailand

Turks and Caicos

WHEN THE WEDDING’S A WRAP AND YOU HAVE ZERO VACATION DAYS LEFT, THESE SHORT-HAUL HEROES ARE EASY TO GET TO FOR A LONG WEEKEND

Sanctuary Camelback Mountain Resort & Spa, Paradise Valley, Arizona

The Surfrider, Malibu, California

KNOW WHAT’S NOT SEXY? TIP- CALCULATING FACE. LEAVE YOUR WALLET IN THE ROOM; EVERYTHING HERE IS TAKEN CARE OF.

The Brando, Tetiaroa, French Polynesia You’ll sleep even sounder knowing that this 35-villa private island surrounded by the most unreal cerulean water is as eco (its AC runs on sea-water, the golf carts are solar, bikes are the main mode of trans-portation) as it is chic.

Couples Negril, Jamaica

Guana Island, British Virgin Islands

Hermitage Bay, Antigua

Laucala Island, Fiji

The Meridian Club, Turks and Caicos

Panama Jack Resorts Playa del Carmen, Mexico

Paul Gauguin Cruises

Sandals, Barbados

L’Horizon Resort & Spa, Palm Springs, California This mid-century-modern resort has the most elegant pool scene in town. Request a west-facing bungalow and you can watch the sun set over the San Jacinto Mountains from your outdoor shower.

Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas

The Dewberry, Charleston, South Carolina

Four Seasons at the Surf Club, Miami

Playa Lago, Key Largo, Florida

Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur, California

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